Unlike in the United States VW customers have to fight on their own when in court. In the past 24 months Germany's politicians intended to introduce a way to combine all lawsuits against the carmaker in the form of a class action law suit.

Volkswagen is a larger operating juggernaut than it was before the emissions scandal (when its ADR was trading above $50). Dieselgate has played out in the foreground, but in the backdrop VW has been selling product. Revenues rose in 2015 and again in ...